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*igbã [ ˩ ˩ ] (1) thorn; iy-uw-oha-ɽɛ,

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*    igbã keso ʋ̃-owɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] I

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*    went to bush to-day, and a

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*    thorn got stuck in my foot. (2)

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*    igb-ẽhɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] spine of a fish. (3) act

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*    of proclaiming a woman as the

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*    Ɔba’s wife; same as ibaigbã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].

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*Igbaɣɔ̃ [ ˥ / ˩ ] (1) name of the

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*    Jamieson River. (2) goddess of

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*    the Jamieson River (an ihɛ̃

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*    [ ˩ \ ]).

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*igbãniherhã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] lit. “thorns

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*    that are pierced (by) wood” (?):

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*    a group of about six people

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*    appearing at orhu [ ˩ ˥ ] (the day

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*    when the Ɔba’s mother prepares

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*    food for the dead left unprovided

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*    at ehɔ [ ˩ ˥ ]) and perform a feat

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*    of piercing their cheeks with a

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*    piece of wood. This has not

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*    been done recently; cf. ha [ ˥ ],

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*    erhã [ ˩ ˥ ].

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*Igbãkɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] a town of the Ika

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*    (Eka [ ˩ ˥ ]) people standing under

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*    the jurisdiction of the Ɔba; it is

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*    situated at about six miles’

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*    distance from Agbor (Agbɔ [ ˩ ˩ ]),

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*    near the road leading to the

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*    Ishan (Esã [ ˥ ˩ ]) country. Its

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*    quarters are: Ɔta [ ˩ ˥ ], Akɛ [ ˥ ˩ ],

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*    Igbɔ̃tɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ], Idumeru [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ],

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*    Iduminwɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ], Idumodĩ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ],

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*    Umoloa [ ˥ ˩ \ ], Idumigbɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ],

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*    Idumoɽe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] (and one more).

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*    (The names beginning with Idum-

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*    have in Bini the form Iduʋ̃-;

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*    cf. iduʋ̃u [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “quarter”).

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*igbama [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] adult (young) man’s

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*    age (but not an otu [ ˩ ˩ ]: “age-

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*    group”!) (the number of years

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*    seems not to be in any way

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*    definite: 18―30 was given once,

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*    and 30―50 or 45 at another time):

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*    ɛkpo n-inar-igbama [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] when

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*    ( “at the time when”) I was a

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*    young man.

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